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Government of Canada: Advanced Search
Search government repositories, websites, documents, Statistics Canada. A good choice for beginning a search for Canadian materials.

BU Library: Databases by Subject: Native Studies
BU Library Guide: Indigenous Resources: Sessional Papers
Print and online options for accessing Sessional Papers; also background and sample searches.
The First Nations Principles of OCAP®.
"The First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession – more commonly known as OCAP® – assert that First Nations have control over data collection processes, and that they own and control how this information can be used."
2016 Census topic: Aboriginal peoples
Release date: October 25, 2017
Aboriginal Documentary Heritage/Library and Archives Canada
Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI)
"Launched in 2016, the Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI) is a growing index of digitized heritage collections from across Canada."

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"CNDHI now includes over 1,500 collections held at Canadian universities, provincial and territorial libraries, heritage organizations, archives, and more.
CRKN is committed to increasing the scope and diversity of collections included in CNDHI while re-examining the historical and institutional biases that may occur in the ways in which collections are described and organized."
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Presents Canadians who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
First Nations Digital Document Resource
"The First Nations Digital Document Source (FNDDS) is a collection of electronic documents used primarily for research in land claims and First Nations issues. The FNDDS is owned collectively by the Claims Research Units (CRU) research directors and is currently being maintained by the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) staff." This link opens to the Subject page - you will see the search link at the upper left.
Indigenous Health Researchers at Canadian Universities
Database from the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health.

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It's "... a comprehensive listing of researchers who are affiliated with a Canadian university and have a wide range of expertise related to the health of Indigenous peoples. These researchers have undertaken some form of research related to the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis peoples, ranging from one study to a lifetime of work in a particular area....Compiled by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), this listing is based on publicly available information on university websites in Canada."
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Provides users with a robust, diverse, informative source that will enhance research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Canada.

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Select the Indigenous Peoples Studies link at the middle/top of the page.
Also links to SABIN AMERICANA, which contains over 6 million pages from bibliographer Joseph Sabin's books, pamphlets, serials and other documents.
Indigenous Statistics Portal /Statistics on Indigenous peoples
Statistics Canada

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"... The portal is part of Statistics Canada's Indigenous Statistical Capacity Development Initiative, and provides a central location on the agency's website where users can find links to data products about First Nations people, Métis and Inuit.
The Indigenous Statistics Portal provides data on Indigenous communities, children and families, health and well-being, education, work and many other topics, in one convenient location...."
National Aboriginal Documents Database
"The information found here can be used for research projects such as documenting land claims, or for studying independent Statutes and Acts, Treaties and Court Decisions. This information can be used for research by any or all levels of education (e.g. elementary up to university level). Content also includes links to additional information sites for First Nations in Canada and Native American sites in the United States."
Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage - Digitization Project
Note: Our Roots / Our Future, Our Past collections have migrated to a new platform. The notice page for this change includes links to a variety of links, including "Our Roots."

Peel's Prairie Provinces
Collection of Digitized Historical Documents related to Prairie History

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
"This database provides access to documents, such as intervenor project submissions, publications, research reports and hearing transcripts that supported the writing of the report of the RCAP."
School Files Series - 1879-1953 (RG10)
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Digitized collection of available reels./See Site HELP for information on this collection - includes "...The School Files Series was created or classified in the Headquarters School Files classification system. This system existed from approximately 1923 to 1949....
The files deal with all aspects of Indian school administration in Canada. Although this sub-series contains only records relating to schools and education, not all departmental headquarters central registry files relating to this topic between 1879 and 1953 are found here. Consult other sub-series within the central registry system series for additional records relating to schools and education for that time period....
Microfilmed copies are available on reels C-7909 to C-7963, C-8134 to C-8219, C-8639 to C-8803, and C-9801 to C-9811...."

See details for this site in the RG Series tab in this Guide

UAKN Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network
"The UAKN is a research network of urban Aboriginal communities, policy makers and academics, engaging in community driven research with the goal of contributing to a better quality of life for urban Aboriginal people. There are four research centres across Canada."

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"Our research aims at fostering “mino-biimaadiziwin” – the good life – for urban Aboriginal peoples. This goal is achieved through funding high-quality, policy-relevant research that brings together perspectives from academia, government and the urban Aboriginal community."
Virtua
Departmental Library Catalogue/Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada / Library

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